You were born a winner. Yes, that’s right. The first thing you won was a swimming contest. You are awesome. Don’t ever forget that!

There will always be somebody who’s going to hope you fail. Doesn’t matter if they’re siblings, classmates, co-workers or random strangers on the internet. But just because they are hoping you fail doesn’t mean you’re going to. In fact, the best way to piss them off is to succeed beyond your wildest imagination. Go for it!

Spoiler if you haven’t seen the movie yet. Boromir did not make it to Mordor.

This one is a response to the statement he made about “One does not simply walk into Mordor.” Some people who are experts in something will try to convince you that something is harder than it is, because if they let you believe that it’s easier, it diminishes their expertise in their own eyes. There were a lot of trials to get there, and they had help, but they did, in fact, walk into Mordor.